--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > "Client state" has a special meaning. Ally is not the same > > > as "client state." > > > > > > > > Israel is a client-state of the US, more or less. > > > > > > *********** > > > > > > I think you've got it backward -- it's the US that is a client > state > > > of Israel: > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Israel_Lobby_and_U.S._Foreign_Policy > > > > > > > > Regardless of the religious realities, they need us more than we > need them, I think... > > > > Oh absolutely, Israel would disappear immediately without U.S. > support, but that's the whole point. Israel does nothing for the > U.S., which is what a client state is for (like the Russians using > the Bulgarians when they wanted to assassinate the Pope, or having > Cuba send troops into Africa) -- or more accurately, Israel does > nothing except bring grief to the U.S. by antagonizing Arabs and > Muslims worldwide. Israel gets whatever it wants from the U.S. and > therefore this makes the U.S. the client and Israel the shot- caller, > although the flow of money is from the U.S. to Israel. >
sorry, but you got it backwards: Political scientist A.F.K Organski of University of Michigan has put it very succinctly in the following observation. "The belief that the Jewish lobby is very powerful has permitted top US policy-makers to use "Jewish influence" or domestic politics to explain policies that US leaders see as working to US advantage, policies they would pursue regardless of Jewish opinion on the matter. When Arab leaders or officials of allies protest, US officials need give only a helpless shrug, a regretful sigh and explain how it is not the administration's fault, but policy-makers must operate within the constraints imposed by powerful domestic pressures moulding congressional decisions." The reality is very different. As Organski puts it: "The US has used its relationship with Israel as a means to control its client. When American leaders crack the whip, Israel responds and the Israeli resistance is just that a show... There has been no question in either of the patron or the client's mind about who is in control. When it comes to important questions, Israel does as she is told." This view is not uncommon. In the Israeli press, we can find comments like these in Yediot Ahronot that describes their country as the "Godfather's Messenger", since Israel undertakes the dirty work of the Godfather who "always tries to appear to be the owner of some large respectable business". Israeli satirist B. Michael describes US aid to Israel as a situation where "My master gives me food to eat and I bite those he tells me to bite. It is called strategic cooperation". The powerful influence exerted by the pro-Jewish lobby in USA's foreign and domestic policies cannot be denied but in the final analysis, US policies in the Middle East is essentially more pro- American than pro-Israel. It has made Israel the most powerful country in the region but peace remains an illusion for the Arabs and the Israelis. Israelis and the Arabs, both Semites, (kicking cousins rather than kissing cousins according to Israeli David Yarkoni) should realise that they are being used as pawns to further USA's global designs and should modify their policies accordingly. Only then can we hope for durable peace in the region. Ironically the same logic applies to India and Pakistan. " JAMAL HUSSAIN ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
